Anthropic CEO stands firm as Pentagon deadline looms

Anthropic's CEO Dario Amodei refused the Pentagon's demand for unrestricted access to the company's AI systems, citing two concerns: mass surveillance of Americans and fully autonomous weapons (weapons that make decisions without human involvement) with no human oversight. The Pentagon threatened to label Anthropic a security risk or use the Defense Production Act (a law giving the president power to force companies to prioritize defense production) to force compliance, but Amodei said the company would work with the military under its proposed safeguards or help transition to another provider if the Pentagon chose to end the relationship.